Alliteration, rhyme, metaphor and simile

Ali ate an apple on an August afternoon.

• Alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

Wrens in the fens live in dens.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

He was as thin as a beanstalk.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

There’s a lizard in a blizzard.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

Julia’s head was spinning with ideas.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

Atif was so tired, he slept like a log.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

Ben barbecued Belinda’s banana.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

My brother is a bear with a sore head when he fi rst

wakes up.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

One, two, three,

climb that tree!

Four and five,

Look inside!

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

Christine is as sweet as pie.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile